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Future of Motor 



Trucking Revealed 



in I. C. C. Report 



Quasey and Kirkpatrick Represent I. A. 

 A. in a Series of Hearings 



TiEGULATION of motor trucks and 

 A *- bus lines, and a complete treatise 

 on the development of freight service 

 by motor trucks is 

 ^^^ the subject of a 



^^^^^ lengthy report of 



^^^^^^ the Interstate 



^^^^^^B Commerce Com- 



m^K^^^Kt mission known as 



^^^■^ docket No. 18300. 



^I^^^F^ The report grew 



^^^^HL out of a series of 



^^H^^^^ hearings through- 

 ^^X^ ^1^^ out the United 

 ^Hflu^^^H States during 1927 

 and early 1928. 

 The purpose of the 

 hearings was to 

 bring to light facts regarding motor 

 truck and bus transportation with the 

 view of recommending regulatory 

 measures in the interest of the public. 

 L. J. Quasey, director of transpor- 

 tation, and Donald Kirkpatrick, legal 

 counsel, represented the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association at the various 

 hearings. 



L. J. Quasey 



Truck Service Popular 



The Commission states that through- 

 out the hearing few complaints were 

 registered against the service rendered 

 by either contract carrier or common- 

 carrier trucks. Motor-truck service 

 for short hauls was generally com- 

 mended by shippers. Promptness of 

 delivery was recognized as an im- 

 portant advantage. Little uniformity 

 between rates and charges -for trans- 

 portation for both goods and pas- 

 sengers was apparent. The Com- 

 mission found it impossible to make a 

 fair comparison of truck rates with 

 rail rates. 



In Connecticut transportation by 

 motor truck for 20 miles is three cents 

 per 100 lbs. lower than the rail rate; 

 for 30 miles it approximates the rail 

 rate; for 50 miles it is two cents 

 higher; for 75 miles it is ten cents 

 higher and for 100 miles, 19 cents 

 higher. In Louisiana and North Caro- 

 lina truck rates approximate the cor- 

 responding rail rates. In other sec- 

 tions truck rates vary above and below 

 rail rates. Few operators of individual 

 trucks and even of fleets of trucks 

 have kept adequate cost records. 



Livestock Transportation 



Reporting on the increase in trans- 

 portation of livestock by motor truck 

 the Commission says: "Through the 

 use of the railroad and motor trucks, 

 farmers are now enabled to save 18 to 

 36 hours in delivering their livestock 

 to market. This, of course, applies to 

 short hauls of 150 miles or less. Three 

 and one-third million hogs were mo- 

 tor trucked to 15 principal markets in 

 the United States in 1925. This 

 approximated 11 per cent of the total 

 receipts. Calves, cattle, and sheep, 



The Way To Market 



TRUCKINe BECOMES 

 MORE POPULAR 





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likewise, are being hauled to market 

 in increasing numbers by motor truck. 



Truck-In Business Grows 



In 1922, 28,103 head of cattle were 

 motor-trucked to the Sioux City, Iowa, 

 stockyards and in 1925 the number 

 was 79,966, representing 4.07 per cent 

 and 9.47 per cent, respectively, of the 

 total receipts in those years. In 1922, 

 277,514 hogs were motor-trucked to 

 Sioux City, and in 1925, the number 

 was 665,394, representing 14.95 per 

 cent and 19.59 per cent, respectively, 

 of the total receipts of hogs at that 

 market. In 1922, the number of 

 calves hauled by motor truck to Sioux 

 City represented 7.11 per cent of the 

 total receipts and in 1925, 24.9 per 

 cent. In 1922, 8.06 per cent of the 

 total receipts of sheep were motor- 

 trucked and in 1925, 11.73 per cent. 

 The average length of haul to the 

 Sioux City market is 35 to 40 miles, 

 with a maximum haul of about 100 

 miles. 



Large Increase Here 

 In 1925, the receipts of livestock by 

 motor truck at South St. Paul, Minn., 

 were about 7 per 

 cent of the total 

 receipts, r e p r e- 

 senting an in- 

 crease in 1925 as 

 compared with 

 1924 of approxi- 

 mately 37 per 

 cent. About 75 per 

 cent of the motor- 

 hauled livestock 

 received at this 

 market originates 

 within a radius of 

 60 miles. 

 The livestock hauled by motor truck 

 to the Kansas City, Mo.-Kans., stock- 

 yards shows a gradual increase from 

 1921 to 1925. The total number of 

 livestock received by motor truck at 

 this stockyard in 1921 was 228,762 

 and in 1925, 354,184, which was about 

 five per cent of the total receipts of 

 all meat animals. 



Smaller Growth Chicago 



There is a smaller percentage of 

 total rece^ts of livestock coming into 

 the Chicago stockyards by motor truck 

 than at most of the other principal 



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markets, largely due, it is stated, to 

 the congestion encountered by the 

 motor trucks going to and from the 

 stockyards. The percentage of the 

 total of all classes of livestock re- 

 ceived at the Chicago market by motor 

 truck varied from .32 per cent in 1920 

 to .91 per cent in 1925. The total 

 number received by motor truck in 

 1925 was 128,215 head. The radius 

 of operations for motor trucks han- 

 dling livestock to the Chicago market 

 ranges from about 30 to 60 miles and 

 in some instances, 70 miles. 



Indianapolis Figure* 



In the Indianapolis, Ind., market in 

 1913 only 4.5 per c^t of the total 

 receipts of hogs were transported by 

 motor truck while in 1923, 32.5 per 

 cent were hauled by motor truck. The 

 length of haul of these shipments was 

 approximately 50 miles. The rates for 

 the transportation of hogs and cattle 

 to packing plants at Indianapolis have 

 been reduced because of a rapidly de- 

 veloping practice of hauling return 

 loads of merchandise, agricultural ma- 

 chinery, fertilizers, cement, and build- 

 ing material from the industrial center 

 to small towns along the route of the 

 truck operator. Approximately 180 

 tons of return loading are being 

 transported weekly from Indianapolis 

 to surrounding territory on returning 

 stock trucks. 



Poultry Trucking Grows 



Shipments of poultry by motor truck 

 are increasing in number. A farmer 

 in Minnesota stated that though there 

 was a shrinkage of five or six pounds 

 per crate on rail shipments, it was only 

 about one pound when motor trucks 

 were used. He can deliver his poultry 

 in Minneapolis, a distance of about 50 

 miles, in a little over two hours by 

 truck and is enabled to obtain the 

 benefit of the Minneapolis market 

 price which is usually five or six cents 

 per pound over his local market. 



The advantage of motor truck trans- 

 portation for shipments of livestock 

 for short distances are: A minimum 

 of shrinkage, quick delivery, ability to 

 take advantage of favorable market 

 prices, less cost for food and watering 

 stock, and ability to make shipments 

 of a few animals at a time. i < 



GATES TO LASALLE * * 



CE. GATES, assistant state club 

 • leader, has been employed as 

 farm adviser in LaSalle county to suc- 

 ceed Walter W. McLaughlin. Mc- 

 Laughlin resigned recently and accord- 

 ing to reports has been employed by 

 one of the banks at Decatur to man- 

 age its agricultural interests. 



CONGRESSMEN ASWELL OF 

 Louisiana, Fort of New Jersey, Crisp 

 of Georgia and Clarke of New York 

 were principal speakers against the 

 Haugen Bill in the early debate in the 

 House. Keteham of Michigan ap- 

 peared in behalf of the export deben- 

 ture plan. 



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